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Coney Island, New York

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1908 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Pierrepont town. It lies in ZIP code area 13676. The Survey maps it on the Colton quadrangle.

Coney Island within St. Lawrence County

Then and now

1908 to 1994

The same ground, surveyed 86 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Coney Island, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Coney Island, surveyed 1908

Compare 1908 against another survey:

On record in Coney Island

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 18 printed sheets

Matched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.

Fires near this place

142 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 142 fires within 5 miles of Coney Island between 2000 and 2020, burning about 131 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 16 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Reported cause Fires
Missing data/not specified/undetermined92
Arson/incendiarism16
Equipment and vehicle use13
Debris and open burning11
Natural5
Recreation and ceremony3
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Smoking1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
8 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
5 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
27 September 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
26 September 2016Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
24 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
23 September 2007Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
20 September 2002Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
2 September 2017Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in St. Lawrence County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 14 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 14 workings within 5 miles of Coney Island: 9 past producers, 3 producers, 1 occurrence, 1 prospect. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Iron, Zinc. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Pierrepont MineZinc, LeadPast Producer1979, 1982
Clafin School DepositIronProspect
Unnamed Iron DepositIronOccurrence
Clarkson QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast ProducerSurface
Potsdam Red Sandstone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Potsdam Sandstone Co. QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast ProducerSurface
Bicknell Brothers S & G PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Frank Randall Pit No. 1Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Pit No. 2Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Unnamed Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in St. Lawrence County

Nearest settlements

The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Hannawa Falls0.4 miles18
West Parishville1.5 miles18
Willisville2.0 miles18
Colton4.0 miles18
Potsdam4.4 miles19
High Flats4.5 miles18
Parishville Center4.6 miles19
Wildwood4.8 miles18

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikidata item Q125977147The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 976172. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.

Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.